SIGs ( Special Interest Groups )  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD Burning Investors
Computer Animation Print Artist
Computer Backup &
     Restore
Round Table Discussion
Computer Clinic Speak and Listen to Your Computer
Digital Photography Tech
Flight Simulator Virus Protection
Genealogy Windows XP & E-mail
Ink Well Vista/Windows 7 & E-mail
 

 

What are SIGs?

They are actually small groups of CCSC (Computer Club of Sun City) members meeting together to discuss a designated computer topic. Generally SIGs are held weekly or monthly but not always. There is no charge or pre-registration required for these SIG Groups.

 

 

 

CD Burning
 Pat DeRosia 

3rd Wednesday of January, March, May, September, and November
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

No meeting in July.
 


 

 

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  Computer Animation
Arnie Adams

SIG discontinued as of
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Computer Backup & Restore
Bob Heath

4th Thursdays
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

No meetings in June and August; July meeting will be on the 3rd Thursday in 2010

 


 

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Computer Clinic
 Pat DeRosia 

2nd and 4th Fridays
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
 

 

 

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Digital Photography
Gary Howard 
Frank Dale

1st and 3rd Tuesdays
9 a.m. to 11 a.m
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No meetings June, July, August, and the first Tuesday in September
 

 

 



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Flight Simulator
Howard Mayhew 

1st and 3rd Saturdays
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

 


 


 

 



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Genealogy
Tom Mulgrew

2nd Wednesday
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
 


 


 

 



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  Ink Well
Ann Rose Hering

1st Monday
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Cancelled until further notice


 

 

 

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Investors
Bob Nolan

2nd and 4th Saturdays
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

No meetings on 4th Saturdays in June, July, and August
 

 

 

 

 



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  Print Artist
Ann Rose Hering

2nd Monday
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

No meetings May, June, July,
August, September, and December

 

 

 

 

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Round Table Discussion
Dick Faust

1st Friday
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Speak and Listen
to Your Computer
Dick Dudden

3rd Monday
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

No meetings May, June, July, August, and September
 


 

 

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Tech
Pat DeRosia

3rd Friday
9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Followed by a discussion on Ubuntu/Linux at 10 a.m.

 

 

 

 

 

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Virus Protection
Pat DeRosia

3rd Wednesday of February, April, June, October, and December
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

No meeting in August

 

 

 

 

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Windows XP & E-mail
Barry Spinka

SIG discontinued as of
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  Vista/Windows 7
& E-mail
Bill McLaughlin

4th Monday
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

No meetings June, July, and August
 




 

 


 

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CD Burning  

   

Our meetings are held on the third Wednesday of alternate months (January, March, May, September, and November except no meeting in July). This SIG  is open to all club members and guests. Bring your compact disc (CD) burning questions to the meetings.

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Computer Animation  

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Using Serif DrawPlus 4.0 (can be obtained free), we will demonstrate making animations using clipart or drawings. These animations can be used in e-mail and in slideshows.

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Computer Backup & Restore

   

The scope of this SIG will include the following:

1) Windows System Restore
2) Online Backup & Restore (e.g., Carbonite, Mozy, Cox, and Qwest online backup services)
3) Acronis True Image 2009 and 2010
4) Hard Drive Partitioning
     - For instructions on Windows 7 disk partitioning, click on this link: Win7 Disk Partition

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Computer Clinic

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Our meetings are held on the second and fourth Friday of each month. The purpose of this clinic is to discuss computer hardware and software problems. Bring your questions and we will try to answer them.

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Digital Photography

No meetings during June, July, August, and the first Tuesday in September. 

This Special Interest Group covers all aspects of digital photography from digital camera stills to camcorders and burning SVCDs, VCDs, and DVDs of your old prints, digital stills, and 8mm or VHS tapes to DVD.

The first Tuesday session is devoted to demonstrating the various software programs for enhancing digital stills or video editing programs to create movies or slide shows with background music, narration, transitions, and titles.

The third Tuesday is devoted to participation by our members in "Show and Tell" discussion of problems and solutions.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator programs offer simulator realism, which until quite recently, was found only in multi million dollar  military and commercial trainers. Now, with a minimal investment in program and flight controls, anyone can learn to fly anything from the J-3 Piper to some of the most modern aircraft known today. This SIG offers group and individual training for those who always wanted to fly, but somehow just never got around to it.

The Airbus A380, built by France and England to compete with Boeing, is a two deck airliner that will carry 550 passengers half way around the world.

They haven't tried to operate it off an aircraft carrier but the CCSC Flight Sim SIG managed to take off and land it on the USS Stennis. If you listen closely you can hear the tires squeal!

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Genealogy  

The Genealogy SIG is held on the second Wednesday of the month at 9:00 a.m.

Anyone interested in doing his/her family history can join the Genealogy SIG to discover how family history records can be kept easily using various software programs. The word genealogy is derived from the Greek and means the study of family history and descent. Genealogies, or the recorded histories of the descent of a person or family from their ancestors, are also often referred to as family trees or sometimes as lineages or pedigrees. This Special Interest Group meets to develop knowledge of genealogy and to exchange information about how to use Family Tree Maker software. If you are interested in tracing your roots, join us at 9:00 a.m. on the second Wednesday of the month.

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Ink Well 

Meetings cancelled until further notice.

Members interested in learning more about printers, whether it’s troubleshooting a problem, figuring out how to print an envelope, or learning more about the ink cartridges that go into your printer, are invited to attend. If you are fairly knowledgeable in how your particular printer operates, consider attending to lend support to fellow club members who have the same printer as you. If you are fairly experienced in refilling your cartridges or are a “happy tinkerer” and would like to help others gain more knowledge in this area, we could use your expertise.  At present, we have two very capable volunteers who are on duty Mondays (Verne Hook) and Wednesdays (Sandy Sanders) between 11:00 AM and 12 Noon to assist you with cartridge cleaning, ink cartridge questions, and ink cartridge refilling. Since printer problems don’t occur on just Mondays and Wednesday, it would be nice to eventually have someone available each day of the week. If this area of volunteerism interests you or you just plain need more printer and/or ink information, this is the SIG for you. 

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Investors cbs market watch Click on the graphic to
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Investment is an important part of today's senior's activities. The Internet gives the latest information in seconds. The computer facilitates acquiring this data and in its analysis. This SIG does not make investment recommendations but does offer numerous valuable tools and ideas on how to preserve your assets and make your money grow.

Local Investors' Meetings - click here

Internet Sites for Investors & Traders - click here

Another helpful site you might want to try is:
The Smart Money site
http://www.smartmoney.com/

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Print Artist  sierra print artist No meetings during May, June, July, August, September, and December.

We are the Print Artist SIG (Special Interest Group) of the Computer Club of Sun City. Our Print Artist SIG has approximately 200 members who attend monthly meetings where we have instructional demonstrations, help sessions/problem solving, and the exchange of ideas on new and innovative ways to use the program. Print Artist is a very popular graphics program used by our members to make greeting cards, envelopes, business/calling cards, signs, labels, banners, t-shirt/sweatshirt transfers, and many various craft projects.

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Round Table Discussion    

Our meetings are held on the first Friday of each month. This SIG is open to all club members. The discussions are prompted by participation of those who attend. Bring your computer hardware and software questions to the meetings, and we will try to answer them for you.

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Speak and Listen
to Your Computer
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No meetings during May, June, July, August, and September.

It is here, and it works. Talk to your computer, and it will type what you speak. Come join us in the Speak and Listen to Your Computer SIG, and learn about Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 and other talk-and-type programs.

If you can’t type but can talk to your computer, this is for you. It is easy to learn, it works, and  you will love it.

 

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Tech Click on the graphic to
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Our meetings are held on the third Friday of each month. This SIG is designed for the experienced computer user; however, it is open to all club members. Our discussions are centered around high tech computer equipment and internet setup. We also discuss programming such as Visual Basic, Access, Excel and Java Script.

The Tech SIG is followed by a discussion on Ubuntu/Linux at 10:00 a.m.

 

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Virus Protection
 
   

Our meetings are held on the third Wednesday of alternate months (February, April, June, October, and December). This SIG  is open to all club members and guests. Our discussions and presentations include various virus protection programs, including the free AVG software. Bring your virus protection questions to the meetings.

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Windows XP & E-mail

Meets on the 2nd Monday of the month at 9:00 a.m.

All issues relating to the Windows XP operating system are discussed in this SIG.

The setup and use of the e-mail program Outlook Express (Outlook Express is part of Windows XP) will be discussed. In addition, we will provide MSN, AOL, and Juno users an alternative method of browsing using Internet Explorer and the setup and use of the Outlook Express e-mail program.

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Vista/Windows 7 & E-mail

No meetings during June, July, and August.


All issues relating to the Windows Vista and the new Windows 7 operating systems are discussed in this SIG.

The setup and use of the e-mail program Windows Mail (Windows Mail is part of Windows Vista) will be discussed. In addition, we will provide MSN, AOL, and Juno users an alternative method of browsing using Internet Explorer and the setup and use of the Windows Mail e-mail program.

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